smallcoal:
chris143:
smallcoal:
hi chris mate,how you keepinghello John,im fine thanks, just getting my daily fix of Trucknet
im good thanks mate hows steve these days im still on clarkes been looking out for you but no sighting you local or tramping
hi john,steve;s ok, local and up the road mate we;re lucky we;re very busy at the moment i do look out for you now i now what you drive. chris.
LYNXMAN:
One for Chepstow Chap. an early 60s A.E.C. Mercury t/unit with a very distinctive cab( look at the unusual windscreen)
madeby Oldland Motor Bodies of Bristol , one of these cabs is under going restoration at present
Any more pics of chepstow transport trucks would be great… they were run by my boss’s grandfather , justice david phelps, which is the JDP on the corner of the cab… and i think my boss would love to see any pics of his trucks…
The info i have on this Bedford is that 3 were supplied by Atlas Garage of Newport and the body is a Bonallack, colours were red cab and red and yellow bodywork
les freathy:
The info i have on this Bedford is that 3 were supplied by Atlas Garage of Newport and the body is a Bonallack, colours were red cab and red and yellow bodywork
I think Lovells another sweet maker,were from Newport,last saw them around in the late 60’s.
Cheers Dave.
Lovells were still going in Newport about 10 years ago, they had a couple of Seddon Atkinson rigids.
mechanic77:
Lovells were still going in Newport about 10 years ago, they had a couple of Seddon Atkinson rigids.
I can remember them delivering to my Grandmothers small sweetshop come Tobacconist’s back in the 60’s,never seemed to notice after that.
Cheers Dave.
…hi all,
we all had a wonderful time at the annual steelboys xmas party.the icing on the cake for me was this very early f86,brought along on saturday evening on behalf of volvo trucks,she was sent to sweden for restoration many years ago and is now back in the uk,at volvo’s uk hq in warwick.the welsh connection is that i was allowed to take her out for a test drive yesterday morning,whilst mrs.pete359 packed our belongings into her car for our return trip home .thanks to john comer from volvo trucks.
Hi Andrew,glad you enjoyed the burbble about in the bubble,you could have had a go in mine if I’d known you fancied a go
Cheers Bubbs, 
Congratulations and thanks to all involved on the great Steel boys event, including Andrew for his South Wales steel hauliers presentation.
Notice how that F86 fits into the car park space…
Neil.
bubbleman:
Hi Andrew,glad you enjoyed the burbble about in the bubble,you could have had a go in mine if I’d known you fancied a go
Cheers Bubbs,
hi marcus,
thanks mate,i will hold you to that .i may? have told you before that f86’s are one of my many favourite trucks .iconic,in my opinion.
regards andrew
pete 359:
my mate,in this photo, (andrew desouza) drives for roadferry?or whatever they are called this week
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nice pics of gwynne bowens motors ,brings back memories when i was growing up in knighton a couple of drivers used to live thier,and one used to park his a series unit bby my parents house.at the time my dad was in the garage for roberts of knighton,but i thought gwynne bowens were magic.i still think the livery is up there with the best
hi andrew, glad you enjoyed the weekend only trouble with them volvos you cant see behind with a tall headboard when they shunted in the abbey do you remember a erf ony372l joimts had
smallcoal:
hi andrew, glad you enjoyed the weekend only trouble with them volvos you cant see behind with a tall headboard when they shunted in the abbey do you remember a erf ony372l joimts had
hi john,
yes i do remember ony 372l.many years ago bobby jones drove that one for a long time when she was fairly new? before he came into the office. j+m on stormy down had an f88 (the first 16 speed overdrive they had) registered ony 452l and even though i was just a kid,i used to be amazed at the ride quality and comfort difference between the erf and volvo when i used to go out in them both.
regards andrew
smallcoal:
hi andrew, glad you enjoyed the weekend only trouble with them volvos you cant see behind with a tall headboard when they shunted in the abbey do you remember a erf ony372l joimts had
hi john,
yes i do remember ony 372l.many years ago bobby jones drove that one for a long time when she was fairly new? before he came into the office. j+m on stormy down had an f88 (the first 16 speed overdrive they had) registered ony 452l and even though i was just a kid,i used to be amazed at the ride quality and comfort difference between the erf and volvo when i used to go out in them both.
regards andrew
pete 359:
bubbleman:
Hi Andrew,glad you enjoyed the burbble about in the bubble,you could have had a go in mine if I’d known you fancied a go
Cheers Bubbs,
hi marcus,
thanks mate,i will hold you to that
regards andrew
Hiya Andrew,sobered up yet mate? I re-call that F86 when it was new in '67 it used to run down the A6 loaded with Pulp wood from the Kielder forest to Bowaters Ellesmere Port,it had a hard life IIRC,it was quite a novelty at the time and was probably the first Volvo that Taits of Haydon Bridge sold as the areas distributors.
Bewick:
pete 359:
bubbleman:
Hi Andrew,glad you enjoyed the burbble about in the bubble,you could have had a go in mine if I’d known you fancied a go
Cheers Bubbs,
hi marcus,
thanks mate,i will hold you to that
regards andrewHiya Andrew,sobered up yet mate? I re-call that F86 when it was new in '67 it used to run down the A6 loaded with Pulp wood from the Kielder forest to Bowaters Ellesmere Port,it had a hard life IIRC,it was quite a novelty at the time and was probably the first Volvo that Taits of Haydon Bridge sold as the areas distributors.
hi dennis,
yes mate,i am sober now.i can’t handle excessive amounts of strongbow these days ,reckon i am getting past it ,went to bed at 7.30 last night .i bet you remember that f86 as she would have been a fairly regular sight.i can remember the shell ad’s in truck magazine mentioning it hauling pit props? that f86 and a.d. boyes’ would be amongst the first f86 artics in the u.k.joint motorways had two g registered f86’s new,entress had literally dozens and dozens .
regards andrew
pete 359:
smallcoal:
hi andrew, glad you enjoyed the weekend only trouble with them volvos you cant see behind with a tall headboard when they shunted in the abbey do you remember a erf ony372l joimts hadhi john,
yes i do remember ony 372l.many years ago bobby jones drove that one for a long time when she was fairly new? before he came into the office. j+m on stormy down had an f88 (the first 16 speed overdrive they had) registered ony 452l and even though i was just a kid,i used to be amazed at the ride quality and comfort difference between the erf and volvo when i used to go out in them both.
regards andrew
i had that ony shunting she had a six gears no power steering , didnt joints have a 86 shunting
smallcoal:
pete 359:
smallcoal:
hi andrew, glad you enjoyed the weekend only trouble with them volvos you cant see behind with a tall headboard when they shunted in the abbey do you remember a erf ony372l joimts hadhi john,
yes i do remember ony 372l.many years ago bobby jones drove that one for a long time when she was fairly new? before he came into the office. j+m on stormy down had an f88 (the first 16 speed overdrive they had) registered ony 452l and even though i was just a kid,i used to be amazed at the ride quality and comfort difference between the erf and volvo when i used to go out in them both.
regards andrewi had that ony shunting she had a six gears no power steering , didnt joints have a 86 shunting
hi john,
yes they did have an f86 used for shunting,bought secondhand from ken appleyard.xhp 501s.nice and light she was,ideal for weighing off those 26/27 tonne coils.
regards andrew
pete 359:
smallcoal:
pete 359:
smallcoal:
hi andrew, glad you enjoyed the weekend only trouble with them volvos you cant see behind with a tall headboard when they shunted in the abbey do you remember a erf ony372l joimts hadhi john,
yes i do remember ony 372l.many years ago bobby jones drove that one for a long time when she was fairly new? before he came into the office. j+m on stormy down had an f88 (the first 16 speed overdrive they had) registered ony 452l and even though i was just a kid,i used to be amazed at the ride quality and comfort difference between the erf and volvo when i used to go out in them both.
regards andrewi had that ony shunting she had a six gears no power steering , didnt joints have a 86 shunting
hi john,
yes they did have an f86 used for shunting,bought secondhand from ken appleyard.xhp 501s.nice and light she was,ideal for weighing off those 26/27 tonne coils.
regards andrew
didnt taff drive that i remember they loaded a 27 tonne coil on a skelly and took the sideguards off to make it legal 
hi john,
yes,taff did have the f86.then he had a specialy adapted daf,that could and did on many occassions weigh off 28 tonne loads .i remember tipping those (always) on nights in servo steel stourbridge.hey john,who had this f88?i took the photo around? 1981,where seabourne’s yard is now.opposite the notorious dock hotel.remember the parties/stripper’s in there when the convoy was on? ,never attended myself though,someone told me .
regards andrew
